About the Authors

Audrey J. Majeske

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, George Washington University, Washington, D. C., United States of America

Christopher J. Bayne

Affiliation Department of Zoology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, United States of America

L. Courtney Smith

csmith@gwu.edu

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, George Washington University, Washington, D. C., United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AJM CJB LCS. Performed the experiments: AJM. Analyzed the data: AJM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LCS. Wrote the paper: AJM CJB LCS.